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Download full textCondelli, Larry – US Department of Education, 2006
This literature review provides a portrait of the current state of theory, instruction, assessment, and professional development of numeracy education for Adult Basic Education (ABE) students. It addresses the following five research questions by summarizing key findings from the literature: (1) How does adult numeracy develop and how does it…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Adult Basic Education, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Mackay, Sandra; Burgoyne, Ursula; Warwick, Diane – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2006
This report comprises a literature review whose purpose is to contextualize current language, literacy and numeracy delivery in Australia, in order to provide a framework for consideration of the current and future professional development needs of the language, literacy and numeracy teaching workforce. The information derived from this literature…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Adult Vocational Education, Numeracy, Literacy
Watson, Moira; Nicholson, Lindsay; Sharplin, Elaine – 2001
Since the "Kangan Report" (1974), literacy and numeracy (L&N) issues have become an integral component of policy development in Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector. Debate in the literature is based on competing discourses: functional-economic and social practice. These discourses and globalization of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Cross Cultural Training, Developed Nations
Falk, Ian; Millar, Pat – 2001
The research on literacy and numeracy in vocational education and training (VET) in Australia and elsewhere was reviewed. The following topics were examined: (1) the basic skills, growth and heritage, and critical-cultural approaches to literacy; (2) policy regarding literacy and numeracy in VET; (3) changes in literacy practice in response to…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Critical Reading, Definitions
Sanguinetti, Jill, Ed.; Hartley, Robyn, Ed. – 2000
The six state-based research centers of the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium (ALNARC) investigated the effects of inclusion of literacy and numeracy standards in Australia's national training packages and the standards' impact on the quality of learning and work outcomes. The six ALNARC projects, which used a case study…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
